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  1. What’s Wrong with This Building? (1989)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 28 minutes), £95.00 [Institutional rate]

    This film, which documents a controversy over plans to alter the original architectural design of the Whitney Museum of American Art, examines some of the problems raised by the decision, including Modernist...

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  2. William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (1950 Film)

    aka: Julius Caesar

    Director
    David Bradley (2)
    Producer
    David Bradley (2); Owen Davis; Robert Keigher

    Independent film adaptation of the play filmed on 16mm. Samuel Crowl (see review citation) believes the film to be like watching ` an experimental, fringe theatre company performance of Shakespeare where our...

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  3. Architecture - Quo Vadis? (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Adam
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    Looks at some of the most influential buildings of the 1980s including the Humana Building in Louisville by Michael Graves, the neighbouring American Life Building by Mies Van der Rohe, Arata Isozaki’s...

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  4. Present Situation, The: Doubts and Reassessment (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Adam
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    Looks at urban growth and the influence of designs by Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Mies Van der Rohe. Philip Johnson comments on American architecture and James Stirling describes post-war town planning...

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  5. Building Forms in a Tropical Area: Nigeria (1984 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 2 x 25 min.; 2 x 24 slides. col.

    Part 2: The influences of the built form in Nigeria from within West Africa, from the rest of the continent, and from outside Africa: the bungalow, Muslem architecture, South American Baroque, the European...

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  6. Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner (2008)

    Director
    Murray Grigor
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), £29.50

    American architect John Lautner’s work was concerned with the relationship of the human being to space and of space to nature. "Shelter," he said, "is the most basic human need." Lautner practiced...

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  7. Isamu Noguchi (1980)

    Director
    Bruce W Bassett
    Producer
    Bruce W Bassett
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 56 minutes), £14.95

    Shows the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) on location, at work and talking about his life, and celebrates the impressive range of his achievements in sculpture, landscape architecture,...

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  8. Suburbia: The American Dream

    Subject
    Architecture; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 120 minutes), $14.99

    This collection of industrial films takes a trip back in time to the dawn of the American suburb. They were created to educate the public on the values of moving out of the dirty, grimy city and into newly...

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  9. Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (2017)

    Director
    Matt Tyrnauer
    Subject
    Architecture; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.99

    In 1960, Jane Jacobs’ book The Death and Life of Great American Cities sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and...

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  10. Art History II: A Survey of the Western World (12 Parts) (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Donna Easter
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 x 15 min., 1995 sale: £29.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

    Series surveying European and American art from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. Each part concludes with a brief visual quiz.

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